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size. I succeeded in obtaining Convallaria Polygonatum, in fruit. 

 This plant was recorded by Wallis, in his ' History of Northumber- 

 land.' Since his time, no one appears to have gathered the species ; 

 and it was supposed that it had either become extinct, or the name 

 had been misapplied, until, after the lapse of more than 100 years, it 

 was re-discovered by the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, in 1849. 

 Specimens are obtained with great difficulty : many of them are inac- 

 cessible. Viola hirta and Euonymus europaeus occur sparingly. 

 Opposite the crags on the moor, I observed Lycopodium Selago, and 

 a v%riety of Pinguicula vulgaris, with a larger flower than usual, and 

 with a spur notched at its extremity." 



Mr. M'Nab gave the following list of plants in flower, in the open 

 air, in the Royal Botanic Garden, on the 1st of February, 1853 : — 

 Eranthis hyemalis, Galanthus nivalis, Potentilla Fragariastrum, Sisy- 

 rinchium grandiflorum, Helleborus odorus, H. orientalis, H. niger, 

 H. viridis, H. atro-rubens, H. olympicus, H. olympicus rubra, Rho- 

 dodendron atrovirens, Hepatica triloba (numerous varieties), Aubretia 

 grandiflora, Primula vulgaris, Laraium album, Tussilago fragrans, 

 Daphne Mezereum, D. Laureola, Erica herbacea, Cornus mascula, 

 Knappia agrostidea, Tritonia media, and Viola odorata. 



The following gentlemen were elected Resident Fellows of the 

 Society: — John Sutherland, Esq., Surgeon, H.E.I.C.S., 8, Hope 

 Street ; and William G. Johnston, Esq., Greenbrae Cottage, Dum- 

 fries. Mr. Neil Stewart, Artist, 8, Roxburgh Terrace, was elected an 

 Associate. 



Thursday^ March 10, 1852. — Professor Balfour, President, in the 



chair. 



Donations to the library and herbarium were anounced as follows : 

 — From Messrs, P. Lawson & Son, the new edition of their ' Agros- 

 tographia ;' and from Dr. Holden, a collection of plants from the 

 neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Dr. Holden made some remarks on the Cape plants presented by 

 him, and exhibited a double prickle from a Mimosa ; the length of 

 each division of the prickle being four or five inches. He stated that 

 insects frequently perforate the prickles, and form their habitations 



within them. 



Professor Balfour exhibited, from the Royal Botanic Garden, a 

 plant of Acrostiche ramiflora in flower, and made some remarks on 



